Festival de Théâtre de Figeac : "Cent mètres papillon", et "Il n'y a pas de Ajar"

One hundred meters butterfly Tale of a swimmer A show created by Maxime Taffanel, Nominated 2022 Molières Male Revelation. Larie, a young boy with a passion for swimming, dreams of becoming a champion. The discovery of the glide, the daily dives, the pressure of the stopwatch, the questioning? Maxime Taffanel, a former top-level swimmer, gives us a moving and athletic one-man show, inspired by his own experience, in which he alternates between the swimmer and his coach in hilarious appearances. On stage, swimming gestures guide the actor in a masterful choreography. Reconnecting with his senses, this swimmer emerges from the silence of the pool and dives onto the stage with talent, releasing his dreams and his words. A show of profound humanity. Running time: 1h il n'y a pas de Ajar, a "monologue" against identity | Delphine Horvilleur On stage, Abraham Ajar speaks to us from his cellar. He is the son of Emile Ajar - himself a fictional double of the (real) novelist Romain Gary. This is the premise on which Delphine Horvilleur, storyteller and rabbi, plunges us into the tribulations of her imaginary character, who questions being and multitude with verve and humor. Embodied by the brilliant Johanna Nizard, who metamorphoses in an impressive range of registers and a masterful performance, this corrosive one-woman show invites us to laugh at dogma and our certainties. Sometimes man, woman, master or slave, Christian or Jew, Johanna Nizard is an unidentified grotesque clown who explodes categories, defuses identity tensions and opens up an infinite horizon of possibilities: those available to every being to reinvent themselves. Running time: 1h15